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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER IKKYU: 33, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I haven't accepted the fact that I'll never understand
Last Line: Saddle now brings tears of doubt.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Memory
First Line: I haven't accepted the fact that I'll never understand
Last Line: Saddle now brings tears of doubt.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Memory
I haven't accepted the fact that I'll never understand
the universe that I saw clearly for the first time
from our roof at nineteen in miniature kensho.
We belonged to each other. Love at first sight,
notwithstanding the child who stared in fear
at the northern lights and noted the Milky Way's convulsive
drift. A lone star perched on the mountain's
saddle now brings tears of doubt.
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